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GUÍA DE APRENDIZAJE

TOPICS: PAST SIMPLE, USED TO

*WARM UP Game on line.
Students must select one of the sites and play games about past simple. Then they have
to tell what they had to do in such activities
https://sites.google.com/site/easygrammar4kids/simple-past/simple-past
PAST SIMPLE
a) Put these sentences into the PAST. Use past form of verb “ TO BE “:
TODAY YESTERDAY
Example: I’m at home. ….. I was at home………………………………
1. Jane and Michael are tired. ___Jane and Michael were tired___________
2. She’s in the park. ___ She’s was in the park_______
3. It’s a sunny day. ____Yesterday it was a sunny day______
4. You’re late. ________I’m late_____________________
5. They aren’t hungry. ____________ They tenian hungry
6. We aren’t at work. __________ ___________________
7. I’m thirsty. _________ I’m was thirsty_______________
8. You aren’t at school. ___________________________________
9. We’re at the cinema. ____________________________________
10.Paula isn’t happy. ____________________________________
11.Everyone is excited. ____________________________________
12.I’m not afraid. _____________ I’m afraid ______________

b) Complete the text with the correct form of TO BE:

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy …were….. two of the most popular film comedians of all
time. They were born in 1890 and 1892 respectively.
Stan Laurel’s real name _________ Arthur Jefferson. He ____________ from England.
Oliver Hardy _________ English, he was from Georgia, USA.
Laurel and Hardy __________ in their late 30s when they met. Their first film together
________ Putting Pants on Philip (1927). They _________ funny because they were so
different. Laurel _________ small and thin. Hardy _______ big and fat. Their most
famous films _________ Way Out West (1937) and Blockheads (1938). They _______
in any serious films, only comedies.

Use the text to help you write questions for the answers:
Example: Who was Oliver Hardy’s famous comic partner?
Stan Laurel.
1. two of the most popular film comedians of all time. They were born
In 1890 and 1892 respectively.
2. ___________________________________________________________
Arthur Jefferson.
3. ____________________________________________________________
England.
4. ___________________________________________________________
No, he wasn’t. He was American.
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5.___________________________________________________________
Putting Pants on Philip.
6. _________________________________________________________
Because they were so different.

PAST SIMPLE ACTION VERBS

a) Fill in the blanks with a verb from the box in the SIMPLE PAST:
Break swim have make sit write
spend buy drink lose wash

1. She ………………….. a cake an hour ago.

2. She ………………….. a hat last week.
3. The boy ………………….. a letter yesterday.
4. They ……………………. in the sea for an hour.
5. They ………………….. a lot of Coke last night.
6. She ………………… her arm last week.
7. He ……………………. all his money last week.
8. She …………………… a bath two minutes ago.
9. He ……………………. his wallet last night.
10. She ………………….. on the old chair a minute ago.
11. She ………………….. the clothes yesterday.

b) Fill in the blanks with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in brackets:

Last Saturday my father …. took…. (take) my friends and me to the circus. We ______(see)
lots of things. My father _______ (buy) us some popcorn and orange juice. We
_______(eat) the popcorn and _______ (drink) the orange juice.
We ___________ (laugh) at the funny clowns. There ___________ (be) a lion-tamer.
The lions __________ (do) tricks; they ________ (jump) through hoops. A girl _______
(ride) an elephant around the ring. We all __________(have)

c) Write what Jean DID or DIDN’T do yesterday:

go shopping ( - ) ………… Jean didn’t go shopping yesterday. …………….
clean the house ( ? ) _____________________________________________
feed the cat ( + ) ________________________________________________
telephone Mary ( - ) _____________________________________________
watch a film on TV ( - ) __________________________________________
visit her grandparents ( + ) ________________________________________
take them a cake ( ? ) ____________________________________________

Read the following story:

Bob is a young sailor. He lives in England, but he is often away with his ship.
One summer he comes back from a long voyage and finds new neighbors near his mother’s
house. They have a pretty daughter, and Bob soon loves her and he wants to marry her when
he comes back. Bob promises the girl to send a present from every port.
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Bob’s first port is Capetown in Africa, and he sends the girl a parrot from there. The parrot
speaks three languages. When Bob’s ship reaches Australia, a letter comes from the girl. The
letter says, “Thank you for the parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a chicken.”

d) Write the story again. Use THE SIMPLE PAST:

Bob was a young sailor. He lived in England, but he was often away with his
ship.______________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

e) Answer the questions about the story:

1. What was Bob?

He was a young sailor.

2. What change did he find when he was back home?
__________________________________________________________

3. How was their daughter?

_________________________________________________________

4. How did Bob feel about the girl?

_________________________________________________________

5. What did Bob tell the girl?

________________________________________________________

6. What did Bob send the girl from Capetown?

________________________________________________________

7. Where is Capetown?_____________________________________
8. How many languages did the parrot speak?
________________________________________________________
9. What did the girl do with the parrot?
_______________________________________________________

USED TO

a) Write your own story about the things you used and didn´t used to do at
Eastern. ( 75-100 words) Use so, because, but, then, when.
When I was a child…
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b) Create your own resource to summarize past tense